Debian lenny on TwinHead M95

After more than 3 years of heavy use, my Acer Aspire 5540 has retired. I just got a TwinHead M95. The following is what I did to install Debian on it. By the way, I’m now writing this blog using the M95 and Debian.

Boot with Debian r5.0 DVD (disc 1) and follow the installation to the end.

After the default installation:

Wrong screen resolution and no 3D rendering.

No way to adjust screen brightness. The hotkeys (Fn + F6/7) are not working.

The screen brightness can be adjusted by using the “nvidia-settings”. It is installed automatically when you install the nvidia driver.

The screen brightness will always go back to the default after the X is restarted or after lock/unlock the screen. By starting the “nvidia-s
ettings”, the screen brightness will go back to what you have set in the “nvidia-settings”.

Haven’t found a way to enable Fn + F6/7 for controling the screen brightness.